Women in Insurance

This publish is a part of a collection sponsored by IAT Insurance coverage Group.

Ladies make up almost 60% of the insurance coverage trade’s workforce.^[1] But a profitable insurance coverage profession is completely different for each. Meet two feminine IAT staff members with two distinctive backgrounds, every constructing a profitable profession in insurance coverage: Angela Rimgaila and Starr Taybron.

As a university scholar in the course of the 2008 Nice Recession, Angela Rimgaila was drawn to the thought of a profession the place she may increase her skilled community, discover management alternatives and land a stable job post-graduation. The insurance coverage program at Temple College touted 100% job placement, so Angela selected to main in threat administration and insurance coverage and be part of Gamma Iota Sigma, the insurance coverage trade’s skilled fraternity. She now serves as IAT’s Assistant Vice President of Administration Legal responsibility.

“There are such a lot of skilled organizations and networking teams that helped me construct a community within the trade at a younger age,” mentioned Rimgaila. “Insurance coverage is a vital a part of the economic system. It helps the world go round and it’s not going away. I do know that I’ll at all times have a job and that’s very comforting. The trade will get a foul rap, however we maintain individuals in enterprise, assist throughout disastrous occasions in life, and maintain individuals employed.”

In 2022, Angela was honored as a Rising Star by Insurance coverage Enterprise America – recognizing up-and-coming professionals who’re making their mark within the trade beneath 35.

Starr Taybron additionally spent her time at Michigan State on the lookout for a profession that supplied management alternatives. Publish-college, Taybron started her profession in regulation enforcement with the U.S. Marshals and finally turned a Chief Probation and Parole Officer at 27 years previous. On the prime of her profession when most officers would retire, Taybron accepted a place as an investigator within the Particular Investigative Unit (SIU) at IAT. She later led the unit as AVP and was honored as a Break-Out Award Winner in 2019 by Enterprise Insurance coverage – recognizing subsequent technology of insurance coverage trade leaders. Right now, Taybron is the Vice President of Auto/Casualty Operations.

“For me, it’s about justice. I actively investigated individuals who had been committing theft, arson, and insurance coverage fraud, and I like having the ability to do the proper factor by the individuals who belief us to guard them,” mentioned Taybron. “No matter your ardour is, yow will discover it within the insurance coverage trade. In the event you begin in insurance coverage you get to see different departments, and completely different positions that will maintain you curious about a long-term path for progress. Insurance coverage is at all times evolving, and there’s at all times room for innovation.”

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By Angela Rimgaila and Starr Taybron

[1] U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics “Labor Pressure Statistics from the Present Inhabitants Survey,” 2021.